About Me

About Me Update:

I should have written this update months ago. I did retire. We do live in Texas. The remodel continues. We still love the house and the town. This is home.

Original About Me:

I’m a college professor living in Washington State, who decided to buy a low priced house in NE Texas in November, 2010.  Because the house needs a lot of work, the original plan was to work on it during vacations over a 3 – 4 year period. We had sold vacation property and this house seemed like a good plan for retirement someday soon.

Our 1^st trip had us falling in love with the house and the small town. The area offered the things that were on our retirement checklist. The rehab/retirement timeline was quickly shortened to 2 more school years. The 3^rd trip shortened it to 1 more school year. The rehab may not be done but we decided that we were good semi primitive campers. We had lived through 2 rewires and 2 kitchen remodels (I have had 4) and this was a do-able plan.

This means a serious financial hit but I’m more than a little tired of listening to budget cuts here with bigger cuts to follow. With careful management, we can have a good life for 20+ of years. After that, we probably won’t need as much and really won’t care. If not, it will just be one more budget cut.

19 months after buying the house, I will be retired and half way through my blog plan.